Dish and plate lifter



July 22,1924. 1,501,967 R. NADEAU DISH AND PLATE LIFTER Filed May 24,1922 INVENTOR. fiom f Mad /x14,

ATTORNEY.

Patented July 22 1924.

ElNlT ED' STATES B R e-DEM r FORT Me rie DISH AND PLATE LIFTER. I i

T 0 all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, ROBERT NADEAU, acitizen of the United States, residing at Fort Kent, in the county ofAroostook and State of Maine, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Dish and Plate Lifter, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to culinary utensils and more particularly tolifters for pans, plates and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed, cheapand eificient device of this character which may be quickly applied andremoved by a simple twist of the wrist.' lVith these and other objectsin view, the invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction as hereinafter shown, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a plate lifter constructed inaccordance with this invention shown applied.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof with the fixed jaw shown open indotted lines.

vFig. 3 is a plan view thereof with a part of the pie pan broken out toshow the application of the lifter.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line l4 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of one end of the handle showing theconnection of the jaws.

In the embodiment illustrated. a handle 1 is shown composed of wood orother suitable material which may be of any desired length and which issubstantially flat throughout the length thereof to adapt it to bereadily grasped and held. Fixedlymounted on the front end of the handle1 is aclamping jaw 2 with which cooperates a swinging jaw 10. These twojaws 2 and 10 are exactly alike in configuration, the only differencebeing that the jaw 2 is fixedly mounted relatively to the handle 1 whilethe jaw 10 is loosely mounted to swing toward and away from jaw 2 toadapt thejaws to clampingly engage a plate, pan or the like to belifted.

The fixed jaw 2 is composed of a stiff piece of wire bent intosubstantially U- shaped form with inturned hooks 8 formed at the cornersthereof which are formed by folding the wire and bending it as is shownclearly in Fig. 2. The free ends of the arms of member 2 are'bent atpoints Application filed May 24, 1922. Serial No, 563,328.

spaced from their terminals to form eyes i which are designed to lieclose *againstithe lower or inner face of theha-hdle 'l' iwheii the jawis connected therewith: This haiiclle l is provided with longitudinallytures 5 through which'the free H member 2 are designed to be passed andwhich after being passed through said' ap'er tures are bent around oneedgeo'f thefhand le as shown at 6-and then extended transversely acrossthe lower face of'the handle and bent {upwardly around the opposite edgethereof and clampingly engaged therewith as shown at 7. The threading ofthese ends through the handle 1 forms a loop substantially in the formof the figure 8, as is shown ends" ofthe clearlyin Fig. 4 and rigidlysecures the jaw 2 to the handle with the eyes 4 thereof in closeproximity to the handle.

The swingingly mounted jaw 10 is also composed of a piece of heavy wirebent into substantially U-shaped form with inturned hook-like members 11at the corners thereof similar to the members 3 of the other jaw, andwhich are designed to hook under the flange of a plate or pan to belifted, as is shown clearly in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The free ends of thearms of the jaw 10 are passed through the eyes 4 and bent into closedloops or eyes 12, thereby loosely hinging said jaw 10 to the jaw 2adjacent the lower face of the handle 1.

The threading of the ends of the arms of the jaw 2 in the manner abovedescribed positions said jaw 2 laterally from one edge of the handle 1and jaw 10 is hingedly connected to swing down substantially parallelwith jaw 2 and to cooperate therewith in lifting a plate or pan.

In the use of the device, the movable or swinging jaw 10 is firstengaged with the flange of the pan or plate to be lifted and then byturning the handle 1 to swing jaw 2 inwardly, the hooks 3 carried at thecorners thereof, are engaged with the plate or pan at a pointdiametrlcally opposite to that engaged by jaw 10 and on exerting alifting movement on the handle 1 the pan will'be firmly gripped and heldengaged by the lifter, so that it may be transported from place to placewithout danger of dropping it This lifter is especially useful inlifting pans from ovens, thereby avoiding all danger of the user burningher hands or arms when reaching for a pan or plate in the back of theoven.

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By constructing the handle 1 of wood or other suitable heat insulatingmaterial, the.

lifter may be engaged with a nan and left engaged therewith so that thishandle-will not become hot and may be manipulated without danger ofburning the operators hands.

When not in use, the jaws 2 and 10 are folded one on the other and theimplement will oc'cupy'a minimum amount of space.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawingsand set forth in the'specification, but it will be understood that thatany modifications within scope of the claimed invention ma in theconstruction without departing from the principle of the invention orany of its advantages.

What is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, a fiat handle member havingcentrallypositioned spaced apertures therethrough, a rigid U- shaped aw memberextending at right "angles from said handle and parallel with the undersurface thereof each leg of said jaw member having a loop at a pointmoved from the inner end and further ex: tended through said apertureand looped around one side edge of said handle and further extendedagainst the lower face of the Witness to mark:

THEODULE ALBERT.

